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Salvador is one of East Africa's finest comedians. (Net photo)

Comedian Salvado to perform in Kigali

Tuesday, January 05, 2016
Will the Chibok girls be rescued in 2016. (Net photo)

Predictions for Africa's 2016

Tuesday, January 05, 2016
One of the computers made in Rwanda on display at a past Transform Africa summit in Kigali. (Timothy Kisambira)

Smart Africa secretariat opens in Kigali this week

Tuesday, January 05, 2016
Mount Kenya University students at a recent graduation. (Photo by Solomon Asaba)

MKU signs MoU with Makerere University to boost regional academics

Tuesday, January 05, 2016
The local boxing federation didn't organize a single competition in 2015 due to internal struggle for power. (File)

Events that shaped Rwandan sport in 2015

Monday, January 04, 2016
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Defeating Islamist extremists in 2016

Monday, January 04, 2016
Workers at Mineral Supply Africa Company Ltd load containers of minerals on to trucks. The shipping firm has had to shift from Dar port over mysterious theft of coltan minerals destined for export. (File)

Rwandan miners turn to Mombasa over mysterious theft of goods in Dar

Monday, January 04, 2016
Workers monitor the production process of stone coated steel roofing tiles at Hippo factory in the Kigali Special Economic Zone. The tiles are made by S&H Industries Rwanda. (Timothy Kisambira)
Business

Guarded optimism as industrial sector looks to a better 2016

Monday, January 04, 2016
Educated youth are some of the best-placed Rwandans to help solve some of the challenges the country faces, including designing plans and innovations to deliver more affordable houses onto the market. (Peterson Tumwebaze)
Business

What has your being young and educated delivered to the people of Rwanda?

Monday, January 04, 2016
Farmers in Nyabihu say they have used terraces to control soil erosion. (File)

What 2016 has in store for climate change agenda

Sunday, January 03, 2016
Dr Jean Nyirinkwaya, CEO, Hopital La Croix Du Sud. (File)

Stakeholders outline health plans for 2016

Sunday, January 03, 2016
Voters line up at Ntwari polling station to vote in the recently concluded referendum. Elections dominated headlines in Rwanda and Tanzania last year and will dominate the region in 2016 with Uganda going to the polls in February and election fever gripping Kenya ahead of presidential elections next year. (Faustin Niyigena)

Regional stories to watch in 2016

Saturday, January 02, 2016